Cut-out doll.



- C. T. SWITZLER.

cur-0m DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1915.

1,150,792. Patented Aug. 17,1915.

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Wirnesses. InvenTor. Clifford T. Swilzler b ATTYS ,rrrcn CLIFFORD TISWITZLER, 0F NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T0 REELY-TROOLY 00., OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF LIASSAGHUSETTS.

CUT-OUT DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Au 17, 1915.

Application filed February 5, 1915. Serial No. 6,351.

T 0 as whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLIFFORD T. Swrrznnn, a. citizen of the United States, residing at Newton, county of lvliddlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cut-Out Dolls, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to dolls ofthe cutout variety, that is, dolls which are printed either completely or in outline on sheet material and are intended to be cut out by the person playing with them. The cut-out dolls which are now commonly used have the doll outline printed on paper, and this outline usually has imprinted upon it the features of the head and also representations of the hands and feet. The body portion of the doll is, however, generally left blank and to complete the doll necessitates either coloring the body portion to simulate a dress, or applying to the body portion a separate'piece of paper having the representation of a dress thereon. In either case the representation of the dress is imperfect because real dresses are made of cloth and it is difficult to so color the paper as to produce a realistic simulation of a dress.

I have by my invention aimed to provide a novel cut-out doll in which the portion thereof representing a dress is made of cloth and thus simulates a cloth dress, while the portions representing the hands, feet, head and other parts not covered by the dress are presented by paper or other material properly imprinted by which a fairly correct imitation in coloring can be obtained. I

I'produce my improved doll by cutting out from a piece of cloth a doll outline havin g the shape of the completed doll and then a )1 m a facin layer to all aortions of Pl 3 a: a l o the cut-out piece of cloth except such'portions as represent the dress of the completed doll, which facing layer is imprinted to represent the head, arms, legs, etc. In this way a cut-out doll is produced in which the head, arms, legs and other portions of the body not covered by the dress have the same appearance as that of an ordinary paper doll, and in which the portion thereof representing the dress is made of cloth and can be so cut from the cloth that the pattern of the cloth will appear in the doll in a manner similar to that in which it would appear in a dress actually made from the cloth. The cut-out doll is, therefore, much more realistic than the ordinary paper doll, and it has the further advantage that the cloth body is much stronger than the paper from which the ordinary paper doll is made, thus, making my improved doll practically indestructible. Moreover, since the body portion of the doll is made of cloth, it can be bent so as to allow the doll to assume different postures without danger of breaking or cracking the doll, as frequently happens when paper dolls are being played with.

In order to give an understanding of my invention I have illustrated in the drawings a selected embodiment thereof which will now be described, after which the novel features will be pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 indicates a completed doll embodying my invention; Fig. 2 shows the piece of cloth with the doll outlines thereon and which are to be cut therefrom; Fig. 3 shows a sheet of paper or similar material having imprinted thereon outlines and representations of the portions of the doll not covered by the dress, such, for instance, as the head, hands, feet, etc. Fig. 4: is a section on the line 03-02, Fig. 1.

I have shown at 1 a sheet of cloth on which are printed the outlines 2 of one or more dolls, said outlines being those of a doll fully dressed. If the cloth 1 has a pattern, the outlines 2 will be so positioned thereon that the stripe or other pattern of the cloth will have the same position in the outline as it would have if the same cloth were made into a regular dress.

I have shown at 3 a sheet of paper or other similar material on which are printed the outlines of the portions of the doll which are not tobe covered by the dress in the completed doll. In the illustrated embodiment of my invention these outlines are the outline of the head 4:, the outline of the hands and lower arms 5, 6, the outlines of the feet and the portions of the legs exposed below the dress, as shown at 7 and 8. The outline 4 of the head will preferably be printed to indicate the features of the face and represent the hair, etc., and if desired the head may be colored to indicate the fieshtints. Similarly the hands and feet sections 5, 6, 7 and 8 may be printed to indicate i-n'more or less detail these members of the body and may be printed in any desired colors. The feet portions 7 and 8 may tion thereof constituting the dress made be printed to indicate shoes, stockings, or any other foot-covering. The outline of the head 4. is a duplicate in shape of that of the head portion of the doll outline 2, and the hand and feet portions 5, 6, 7 and 8 are also exact duplicates in shape With the corresponding portions of the doll outline 2.

In making the doll the child Will first cut out the doll outline 2 from the cloth, and

.Will then cut out the head, hands and feet from cloth, While the portions representing the parts of the doll not covered by the dress are represented by the paper parts 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 that can be readily printed to present a Very perfect imitation of the corresponding parts of a human figure. Since the body of the doll is formed of cloth, it

canbe easily bent or folded Without danger of breaking. The head, arms, and feet and Copies of this patent may be obtained for other parts not covered by the dress are com- 'paratively stiif by reason of the fact that they are formed not only by the cloth backing, but by the-paper facing layer having the representation of the exposed parts of the body thereon; The cloth backing'stifl'ens the paper facing layer so that it Will not crack or tear, thus making a very strong and practically indestructible doll.

A doll embodying my invention is much more attractive to the ordinary child than a paper doll because the dress portion of the doll is made of cloth, thus producing a much more realistic doll than it is possible to produce With paper alone.

I claim: 1 7

A cut-out doll comprising a body portion of cloth having an exterior. contour similar to that of the completed doll and a facing layer permanently secured-to and covering I all portions of the .cloth body except that representing the dress of the doll, said facing layer being imprinted to present a likeness of the portions of the doll not covered by the dress.

In testimony whereof, I have signed iny name to this specification, in the presence of tWo subscribing Witnesses. CLIFFORD T. SWITZLER. Witnesses: I

M. B. GUPTILL, v THOMAS J. I)RUMMOND.

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